Jamie Tipson’s Second Hand Poet project has shared the stunning video (starring his son!) for new song ‘Dust to Dust’. Already a favourite with BBC Introducing, Amazing Radio, Frank Turner and Jonah Matranga, this song was recorded at Jamie’s home before being passed on to collaborator Mark Beazley (Keaton Henson) who mixed, mastered and added…
Bellevue Days have shared the video for new single ‘Shotgun’ and announced details of their eagerly awaited debut album ‘It Can’t Possibly Go Wrong Ever’ (out 22 November – pre-order here). Already a live favourite, ‘Shotgun’ was the result of a jam session that the band describe as ‘sludgy as hell’. Sitting alongside contemporaries including…
A new signing to Lost Map Records, Molly Linen has shared the video for ‘When They Didn’t Care’ ahead of the release of her debut EP ‘Outside’ on 4 October. Influenced by artists including Cat Power and Nick Drake, the goosebump-inducing song finds Molly considering why we put so much effort into worrying about what…
Benjamin Shaw has announced details of his first ever live album. A cult artist who now resides in Melbourne, Australia, the performance was his first in five years and took place at a church in Krems, Austria for donaufestival 2019. Throughout the record, Benjamin reimagines material from his extensive back catalogue with glitches, synthesisers and…
Quiet Lions have shared a video of a special reworked acoustic performance of their ‘Absenteeism’ album favourite ‘Youth in Question’. Filmed in the stunning Two Woods Estate in Pulborough, Sussex, the band have added a string section to the song while also managing to strip the sound right back offering more focus on Michael Williams’…
Toronto musician Dana Gavanski follows up the excellent ‘One by One’ with new single ‘Catch’. Available as limited edition 7″ via Dana’s Bandcamp, the song was produced by Mike Lindsay (a member of Tunng and Lump alongside Laura Marling), Dana describes the song as ‘an attestation to the daily struggle to be inspired and how…
Soccer Mommy has released her first new song since 2018 with ‘lucy’. Described by the Nashville musician (known as Sophie Allison to her family and friends) as ‘a song about struggling with inner demons and your own mortality, but I masked it with this scenario of being seduced by the devil’, it opens with Smiths-esque…
Seattle dream pop duo Night Hikes have shared ‘Avila’ ahead of a West Coast tour. Named after a beach in California, the song finds Olivia Godby celebrating the joys of everyday acts of love (‘You’re the only one who ever made my coffee right, you’re the only one who saw the magic out of sight’)…
Temples of Youth have returned from a brief hiatus with brand new single ‘Rose Tinted’. The release comes ahead of a hometown show supporting Mystery Jets at Winchestival in Winchester on 27 September. Having honed their sound with support slots to bands including Pale Waves and Weaves, this gorgeous slice of dream pop has elements…
The Futureheads have returned with their first new album since 2012’s a capella effort, ‘Rant’. The band was put on hiatus after frontman Barry Hyde checked in to a psychiatric hospital to help him deal with mental health issues – many of which are referenced across the 12 songs that make up ‘Powers’. Recorded and…
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